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20 Yuan Beijing Winter Olympics
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Currency | Second Rénmínbì (1955-date) |
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| Reverse description | The National Ski Jumping Center ("Snow Ruyi") in Zhangjiakou occupies the central and upper portion of the note, rendered in fine intaglio line work in blue and violet tones against a pale blue and white ground, with a forested hillside in the background. A color-shifting snowflake emblem — the official Games emblem — is printed in the lower center field. The Great Wall of China appears in underprint at the lower register, and the denomination numeral "20" is printed in cyan at lower right. |
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| Protection description | Bing Dwen Dwen (2022 Winter Olympic mascot) riding a snowboard with numeral 20; color-shifting snowflake emblem on reverse; embedded security thread |
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China has issued commemorative banknotes for major events before — the 2008 Beijing Olympics produced a 10 Yuan note — but the 2022 Winter Olympics issue marks the first time the People's Bank released a commemorative note for a winter games and only the second time a Chinese Olympic note carried a different denomination than its predecessor. The choice of cotton substrate rather than the polymer used in some recent Chinese commemoratives reflects a deliberate decision to match the tactile feel of standard circulation issues, keeping it accessible to the general public rather than positioned purely as a collector object.
Color-shifting ink on the denomination numeral shifts from gold to green — the same optical variable ink technology applied to higher-denomination standard series notes, which was unusual to deploy on a 20 Yuan face value.